Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1910 — MORE SCARLET FEVER [ARTICLE]

MORE SCARLET FEVER

Several Cases Reported In Last Few Days, But Measures Taken to Prevent Spread. Six more cases of scarlet fever have been reported in the. past few days, and two of these are very bad, one at Allen Swim’s where his 17-year-old daughter, a high school pupil, is the Victim, and one of the two children of John Richards who are both afflicted with the disease. Mike Kuboski also has three children down with the disease. The families have all been quarantined and it is hoped to confine the disease to the present cases. Mr. Swim, who is the sexton at Western cemetery, is kept away from his home by the health officers. His daughter had been attending high school right along and it may be that some cases will develop among the pupils as a result, but the school buildings were thoroughly fumigated Sunday and it was thought it would do no more harm to continue the schools than it would.to have the children running about the streets. Scarlet fever is a rpost dreaded disease and it is sincerely hoped that it will be stamped out here before it becomes epidemic. The young son of J. N. Hemphill. who has been quarantined with the disease for the past two weeks or more, is now fully recovered and the quarantine was raised yesterday and the house thoroughly disinfected. The first known cases of this dread disease here, it now appears, were in the family of Bert Abbott, where, his children had a light attack. While the family were not quarantined, through no particular fault of anyone, they were very careful during the time the children were sick, but they were perhaps let out of the house too soon, we are told, and it may be the trouble started there." ' Should more cases develop it is likely that the health officers forbid all public gatherings 1 until the disease is thoroughly stamped put, but they think now that this alternative will not be necessary. : ——

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